A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHINESE AND WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ART PHILOSOPHY

Art and philosophy are the two major elements of the human world. The existence of art and philosophy can expand the spiritual world of human beings to a greater extent and enrich their spiritual life, thus supporting the construction of the material world. And music, as an aural art, has also been given a philosophical meaning in the evolution of history because of its birth and development. Therefore, when studying music, one should first study the history of music. The philosophy of music history education is not only profound and contains world culture and philosophy, but also carries history and economy. Music history education is also a vivid art form of philosophy, where teachers create an artistic beauty to attract students and achieve the purpose of imparting knowledge by optimizing their educational philosophy. To develop the philosophy of education to its fullest extent, teachers must adhere to the concepts associated with the philosophy of art. To explain this process in greater depth, this paper provides a brief review of the aesthetic philosophy and historical evolution of Chinese and Western music history from the perspective of art philosophy, analyzes the similarities and differences between the educational philosophies of Chinese and Western music history from four perspectives, and then explores the important role of Chinese and Western music history in the music curriculum from this point of view. Finally, this paper will analyze and study the philosophy of Chinese and Western music history education under the vision of art philosophy through three aspects to expect to make contributions to Chinese and Western music history education.